Interim - High School Counselor (sub pay 11/30-1/27/27)

Hamblen County School District; Morristown (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamblen County School District in Morristown, TN is seeking a dedicated Interim High School Counselor (Guidance). This interim role supports students in grades 9-12, guiding educational and career planning under a 200-day contract for the current school year.

The counselor will register new students, advise course selections, maintain confidential records, provide career information, coordinate with colleges and employers, and participate in field trips and inservice training as needed.

Qualifications

• Valid teacher license with appropriate endorsement.
• Administrative or supervisory experience.
• Meets health and physical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Registers students new to the school and orients them to procedures.
• Aids students in course and subject selections and maintains records with confidentiality.
• Provides counseling to support educational, occupational, and personal plans and communicates with families.

Skills

Teacher licensure

Administrative experience

Health & safety requirements

Job description

Interim - High School Counselor (sub pay 11/30-1/27/27) JobID: 1750

• Date Posted:
  10/30/2026
• Location:
  Morristown Hamblen High School East
• Date Available:
  11/30/26

COUNSELOR 9-12 (Guidance Teacher)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid teacher license with appropriate endorsement
• Administrative or supervisory experience
• Meets health and physical requirements

JOB GOAL

To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Registers students new to the school and orients them to school procedures
• Aids students in course and subject selections
• Maintains student records and protects their confidentiality
• Works to resolve students' educational benefits
• Works to discover and develop special abilities of students
• Works to encourage students to stay in school
• Provides student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the board's policy on student records
• Makes recommendations to colleges for admission and scholarships
• Arranges for tutors and summer school work
• Guides students in their participation in school and community activities
• Plans field trips to schools, colleges, and industry for interested students
• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations
• Helps students evaluate career interests and choices
• Organizes and conducts annual "Career Day"
• Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such issues as home and family relations, health, and emotional adjustment
• Provides counseling to students in terms of increasing self-awareness and developing a positive self-concept
• Provides counseling to students who are referred as having problems in attendance, retention, discipline, and pre-delinquency
• Confers with parents whenever necessary
• Interprets the guidance program to the community
• Provides inservice training in guidance for teachers and student teachers
• Advises administrators and faculty on matters of student discipline
• Assists in the orientation of new faculty members
• Performs other duties as assigned

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 25 lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Kneeling
• Talking
• Hearing
• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria
• Adaptability to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instruction

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or adequately perform a task or job duty.

• Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and make judgments
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with then
• Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately
• Data Perception: Ability to understand and interpret information that may be presented in the form of graphs, charts, or tables

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• 200-day contract (lead counselor, 220-day contract)
• Teacher salary scale

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned.